Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Eligible

Eligible , adjective

[French éligible, from Latin eligere. See Elect.]

1.
That may be selected; proper or qualified to be chosen; legally qualified to be elected and to hold office.
2.
Worthy to be chosen or selected; suitable; desirable; as, an eligible situation for a house.
The more eligible of the two evils. — Burke